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Section 1 - English

No. of Questions: 20

1) Select the wrongly spelt word. 5) Select the word which means the same as the group of
words given.
A) Omission
The sound of a crow
B) Avertion
C) Aviation
D) Evasion A) creak
B) cackle
C) caw
2) In the sentence identify the segment which contains the D) cluck
grammatical error.

Are you having your own transport to go home from work?

6) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given
word.
A) to go home
CHIVALROUS
B) from work
C) Are you having
D) your own support A) annoyed
B) valiant
C) cowardly
3) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. D) indignant

Dozens of dogs in Norway have recently been hit by a

mysterious and at times, ______ illness, raising concerns
among dog owners. 7) Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.

SAGACIOUS
A) suspicious
B) desperate
A) Prudent
C) fatal
B) Ingenious
D) dreary
C) Ignorant
D) Astute
4) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the
underlined segment. If no substitution is required select
'No substitution'.

The student, with his parents, were asked for waiting

outside the Principal's office.

A) was asked to wait

B) were asked to wait
C) No substitution
D) were asked to be waiting

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8) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the 11) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the
underlined segment. If no substitution is required select underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no
'No substitution' need to substitute it, select No improvement.

In the park I happened to meet two of my father's friend

If I would have a degree from the university, I would get a who had known him for several years.
good job.
A) No improvement
A) When I will have a degree B) two of my father's friends
B) If I am having the degree C) two of my fathers friend
C) No substitution D) two friends of my fathers
D) If I had a degree

12) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the

underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no
9) Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined
need to substitute it, select No improvement.
idiom in the sentence.

This college is not only equipped with the best laboratories

Ria has tried hard not to steal her brother's thunder but it
but also has the most competent staff
was inevitable.

A) and also had the most

A) get more recognition than her brother for their
success B) but also have the most
B) pick up her brother's lucky charms to win prizes C) but has the very
C) take away her brother's opportunities for jobs D) No improvement
D) get a big reward from her brother for her achievement

13) Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined

idiom in the sentence.
10) Select the most appropriate antonym of the given
word.
His family has supported him through thick and thin.
ADORN
A) in times of good and bad fortune
A) Grace B) even though he has put on weight
B) Disfigure C) when there was a lot of work to be done
C) Enrich D) on occasions when he had a lot of money
D) Subdue

14) Select the wrongly spelt word

A) Article
B) Audibal
C) Precious
D) Conceal

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15) Identify the segment that contains a grammatical 19) Select the word which means the same as the group
error. If there is no error, select 'No error'. of words given.

These facts should not have been disclosed for the public. The therapeutic use of sunlight

A) No error A) dactylology
B) not have been disclosed B) psephology
C) for the public C) genealogy
D) These facts should D) heliotherapy

16) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. 20) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the
underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no
"Malaria ______ is one of the top priorities of the need to substitute it, select No improvement.
government," said the Minister.
The children trying hardly and learnt the poems.
A) dismissal
B) abolition A) No improvement
C) exclusion B) hardly trying
D) eradication C) tried hard
D) hardly tried

17) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given

word.

CULPABLE

A) innocent
B) disagreeable
C) reserved
D) Offensive

18) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given

word.

VENERABLE

A) Reliable
B) Valuable
C) Esteemed
D) Redeemed

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Section 2 - General Studies and Current Affair

No. of Questions: 20

21) Which instrument is used to measure very high 26) If a ball is thrown up, which of the following does not
temperatures? change?

A) Machmeter A) Acceleration
B) Photometer B) Speed
C) Pyknometer C) Potential energy
D) Pyrometer D) Distance

22) Which of the following is mined in the Badampahar 27) Special Drawing Rights were created by
mines of Odisha?
A) IBRD
A) Azurite B) ADB
B) Dolomite C) IMF
C) Bauxite D) WHO
D) Hematite

28) The Chairman of NITI Aayog is

23) What does the slope of a velocity time graph
represent? A) Industry Minister
B) Prime Minister
A) Acceleration
C) Finance Minister
B) Distance
D) Commerce Minister
C) Speed
D) Momentum
29) What is the maximum number of days of employment
a rural poor would get under 'MGNREGA'?
24) Insider trading is related to
A) 180 days
A) Trade sector B) 120 days
B) Share market C) 200 days
C) Credit market D) 100 days
D) Horse racing

30) Optical fibre works on which of the following principle

25) Digestion of carbohydrates begins in _______? of light?

A) Small intestine A) Reflection

B) Mouth B) Refraction
C) Buccal cavity C) Diffraction
D) Stomach D) Total internal reflection

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31) The pH value of the blood in human body is 36) The tata Iron and Steel company (TISCO) was
established by Dorabji Tata in:
A) 6.4
B) 4.8 A) 1919
C) 7.4 B) 1913
D) 8.4 C) 1907
D) 1911

32) "Smart Money" term is used for

37) Which of the following in measured by ‘Anemometer?
A) Credit Card
B) Internet Banking A) Velocity of water-flow
C) eBanking B) Depth of water
D) Cash with Public C) Force of the wind
D) Intensity of light

33) J J Thomson received the Nobel Prize in Physics for

the discovery of ________. 38) In SONAR, we use:

A) Protons A) Radio Waves

B) Electrons B) Audible Sound Waves
C) Neutrons C) Ultra-Sonic Waves
D) Positrons D) Infra-Sonic Waves

34) Galvanization is a method of protecting iron from 39) Making of Curd from Milk is because of:
rusting by coating with a thin layer of –
A) Bacteria
A) Gallium
B) Virus
B) Aluminum
C) Protozoa
C) Zinc
D) Other
D) Silver

40) Energy is stored in liver and muscles in the form of

35) Credit Rationing in India is done by
A) Carbohydrate
A) RBI
B) Fat
B) SBI
C) Protein
C) LIC
D) Glycogen
D) Finance Ministry

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Section 3 - Engineering

No. of Questions: 40

41) The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 46) What is the correct formula for absolute pressure?
was enacted in the year:
A) Pabs = Patm – Pgauge
A) 1986 B) Pabs = Pvacuum – Patm
B) 1974 C) Pabs = Pvacuum + Patm
C) 1994 D) Pabs = Patm+ Pgauge
D) 1975

47) The amount of dissolved solids passing through the

42) Thermal conductivity of wood depends on filters in the process of filtration is called __________.

A) Moisture A) Independent of suspended solids

B) Density B) Sum of total solids and suspended solids
C) Temperature C) Difference between total solids and suspended solids
D) All of the Above D) All of the above

43) Organic agriculture advocates avoiding the use 48) What is called for the movement of surface litter and
of_____________________. topsoil from one place to another?

A) Organic manure A) Soil submerge

B) Stored water B) Soil degradation
C) Modern technologies in harvesting C) Soil erosion
D) Chemical fertilizers D) Soil pollution

44) What is the dB of a threshold of hearing and threshold 49) In a hydro power plant:
of pain respectively?
A) Potential energy possessed by stored water is
A) 0, 146 converted into electricity
B) 10, 100 B) Kinetic energy possessed by stored water is
C) 50, 110 converted into potential energy
D) 100, 120 C) Electricity is extracted from water
D) Water is converted into steam to produce electricity

45) What type of precautions should be taken to survive

when the ozone level is high? 50) Solar thermal power generation can be achieved by

A) Drive less A) using focusing collector or heliostats

B) Stay hydrated B) using flat plate collectors
C) Both A and B C) using a solar pond
D) Go for a long walk D) any of the above system

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51) Which metal can be found as the free element?

56) The transfer of heat by molecular collision is smallest
A) Na in
B) Mn
C) Fe A) Solid
D) Pt B) Liquid
C) Gases
D) None of these
52) Which of the following is not included in the
parameters of sustainable development?
57) The overall efficiency of thermal power plant is equal
A) Carrying capacity to
B) Inter and Intra-generation equity
C) Gender disparity and diversity A) Rankine cycle efficiency
D) None of the above B) Carnot cycle efficiency
C) Regenerative cycle efficiency
D) Boiler efficiency x turbine efficiency x generator
53) Which type of body is an airfoil? efficiency

A) streamline body
B) wave body 58) ._________ is determined by measuring the dissolved
oxygen used by microorganisms during the biochemical
C) bluff body
oxidation of organic matter in 5 days at 20˚C.
D) induced body
A) BOD5
B) COD
54) Penalty for conservation of the provisions of the Forest C) TOC
Act is under:
D) ThOD
A) Section 3A
B) Section 4A
59) Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
C) Section 12A
D) Section 8A A) Manholes are provided in sewer pipes at suitable
intervals
B) Catch basins are generally provided in sewers for
55) Which of the following salts are the main causes of carrying drainage discharge
temporary hardness? C) Inlets are generally provided in all sewers
D) None of these
A) Calcium sulphate
B) Magnesium sulphate
C) Magnesium chloride
60) Which of the following is called the secondary air
D) Magnesium carbonate pollutant?

A) PANs
B) Ozone
C) Carbon monoxide
D) Nitrogen Dioxide

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C) Both incinerators and emissions from vehicles

61) Increased levels of air pollution results in _______. D) None of the above

A) Soil erosion
B) Global warming
67) Which is the ultimate source of energy?
C) Respiratory problems
D) All of the above A) Water
B) Sun
C) Uranium
62) In the Water Act the entire National Capital Territory D) Fossil fuels
of Delhi has been declared as water pollution prevention
control area under:

A) Section 21 68) Which of the following units is used for measuring the
turbidity of water?
B) Section 23
C) Section 19 A) EAU Formazin Attenuation Units
D) Section 24 B) FNU- Formazin Nephelometric Unit
C) NTU – Nephelometric Turbidity Units
D) All of the above
63) In a sludge tank, the gas mainly produced, is

A) Oxygen
69) When is a liquid said to be not in a boiling or vaporized
B) Hydrogen
state?
C) Nitrogen
D) Carbon dioxide A) If the pressure on liquid is equal to its vapour pressure
B) If the pressure on liquid is less than its vapour
pressure
64) How are many forms of nitrogen present in C) If the pressure on liquid is more than its vapour
wastewater? pressure
D) Unpredictable
A) 3
B) 4
C) 2 70) Square root of the ratio of inertia force to elastic force
D) 5 is called as

A) Mach's Number
65) What is soil profile? B) Cauchy's Number
C) Both Mach's Number & Cauchy's Number
A) A cross sectional view of the horizons in a soil D) None of the above
B) A front view of the horizons in a soil
C) A cross sectional view of the horizons in rocks
D) A front view of the horizons in rocks 71) Bulk modulus is the ratio of

A) shear stress to volumetric strain

66) Which of the following pollutants are responsible for B) volumetric strain to shear stress
the cause of SMOG? C) compressive stress to volumetric strain
D) volumetric strain to compressive stress
A) From incinerators
B) Emissions from vehicles

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72) Joule sec is the unit of 77) For evaporation and measurement of settable solids,
the apparatus used, is
A) Universal gas constant
B) Kinematic viscosity A) A Jar
C) Thermal conductivity B) A beaker
D) Planck's constant C) A test tube
D) An Imhoff cone

73) The Environmental (Protection) Act was enacted in

the year: 78) Which of the following statements is true about the Air
Quality Index?
A) 1986
B) 1992 A) It indicates the colour of the air.
C) 1984 B) It predicts ozone levels in your area.
D) 1974 C) It determines the intensity of sound and sound
pollution.
D) It estimates air pollution mainly sulphur content in the
air.
74) What is Eutrophication?

A) thermal change in water

79) Under ideal climatic conditions how many cms of soil
B) filling up of water body with aquatic plants due to
is developed?
excessive nutrients
C) pollution of water due to solid waste
A) One
D) none of the above
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
75) The United Nations Commission on Sustainable
Development (CSD) was established by the UN General
Assembly in the year:
80) What is used to convert wastelands into agricultural
A) 1992 lands?
B) 1993
A) Check dams
C) 1994
B) Water purifier
D) 1995
C) Rain harvesters
D) Gradonies
76) Which of the following is not a waterborne disease?

A) Measles
B) Typhoid
C) Cholera
D) Hepatitis

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Section 4 - Computer Application

No. of Questions: 10

81) In which topology if there are n devices in a network 86) Which of the following functions is not controlled by
then each device has (n-1) ports for cables? the operating system?

A) Mesh A) managing programs and data

B) Star B) managing memory
C) Ring C) managing input and output
D) Bus D) all of the above are controlled by operating system.

82) An Operating system is- 87) Where does the swap space reside?

A) application A) RAM
B) supervisory program B) ROM
C) set of users C) On-chip Cache
D) set of programs D) Disk

83) Which of the following data transfer mode takes 88) An instruction cycle refers to -
relatively more time?
A) Fetching an instruction
A) DMA B) Clock speed
B) Interrupt initiated I/O C) Fetching, decoding and executing an instruction
C) Programmed I/O D) Executing an instruction
D) Isolated I/O

89) _____________ splits traffic data into chunks.

84) Which of the following are real time systems?
A) Message switching
A) aircraft control system B) Linear switching
B) payroll processing system C) Circuit switching
C) an online railway reservation system D) Packet switching
D) None of the above

90) Halt operation comes under___________.

85) The data link layer is responsible for-
A) data transfer
A) Flow control B) control transfer
B) Error control C) conversion
C) Access control D) I/O transfer
D) All of the above

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Question Paper No: 64559_6

Answer Key

1. B 31. C 61. C
2. C 32. A 62. C
3. C 33. B 63. D
4. A 34. C 64. B
5. C 35. A 65. A
6. C 36. C 66. C
7. B 37. C 67. B
8. D 38. C 68. D
9. A 39. A 69. C
10. B 40. D 70. C
11. B 41. B 71. C
12. D 42. D 72. D
13. A 43. D 73. A
14. B 44. A 74. B
15. C 45. C 75. A
16. D 46. D 76. A
17. A 47. C 77. D
18. C 48. C 78. B
19. D 49. A 79. A
20. C 50. D 80. D
21. D 51. D 81. A
22. D 52. D 82. B
23. A 53. A 83. C
24. B 54. A 84. A
25. C 55. D 85. D
26. A 56. C 86. D
27. C 57. C 87. D
28. B 58. A 88. C
29. C 59. C 89. D
30. D 60. B 90. B

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